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$300M Mall at Bay Plaza opens for business in the Bronx

PIX 11, 8/14/2014

BAYCHESTER, the Bronx (PIX11) — Community leaders gathered Thursday morning to welcome the public to the new Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx — the first enclosed, suburban-style mall to open in the city in 40 years.

Bay Plaza Mall to open Aug. 14

Bronx Time, 8/07/2014

The long-anticipated Mall at Bay Plaza will be opening to the public on Thursday, August 14.

Prestige Properties and Development Co., the owner and developer of the mall, will host a grand opening ceremony at 9:30 a.m. at the entrance to the mall. When the ribbon is cut at 10 a.m., the mall will open to the public.

Forever 21 Signs for Space in Mall at Bay Plaza

Commercial Observer, 6/13/2014

Discount fashion retailer Forever 21 has signed a lease for a 15,000-square-foot space for the upcoming Mall at Bay Plaza in the North Bronx, the shopping center’s developer, Prestige Properties, announced Thursday.

Retail in the (East) Bronx Is on Fire

Commercial Observer, 6/03/2014

Up until the late 1980s, people in the East Bronx had to drive to Westchester to find the closest mall. Then, in 1988, Bay Plaza Shopping Center was built, and now has more than 50 department and specialty retailers ranging from J.C. Penney to Daffy’s to Applebee’s. Now, the mall’s developer, Prestige Properties & Development, is expanding the center with what it boasts is the first new, suburban style enclosed fashion mall in the New York City area in four decades.

Beauty Shop Takes Space at Mall at Bay Plaza

Commercial Observer, 4/03/2014

National one-stop-shop beauty products store. Ulta Beauty signed a lease for 11,400 square feet at the under-construction Mall at Bay Plaza near Co-op City in the Bronx, and hopes to debut on Aug. 14, the day of the mall’s grand opening.

NY’s newest mall lands big makeup chain

Crain’s New York Business, 4/01/2014

A national beauty retailer recently took 11,400 square feet at The Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx, the shopping center currently under construction at the intersection of the Hutchinson River Parkway and I-95.

Mall at Bay Plaza

Time Out New York, 4/23/2014

Mallrats rejoice: When the Mall at Bay Plaza opens in the Bronx in August 2014, it'll be the first enclosed anchored fashion mall in New York City in almost 40 years. The state-of-the-art mall is anchored by JC Penney and Macy's, with more tenants being announced soon.